{"id":1918,"date":"2025-07-14T20:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:19:16","slug":"republican-senator-proposes-bill-to-let-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=1918","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senator Proposes Bill To Let Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Legislators Target Sanctuary Cities<\/strong><br>Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, North Carolina lawmakers Chuck Edwards and Thom Tillis reintroduced the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This bill aims to hold sanctuary cities accountable by allowing victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants to sue those cities for protecting offenders from immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part of a Broader Immigration Crackdown<\/strong><br>This move fits into the Trump administration\u2019s larger strategy to fight illegal immigration. The administration has launched raids, increased deportations, and created tougher rules for sanctuary cities\u2014those that don\u2019t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The legislation proposes penalties like cutting federal funding to cities that ignore immigration laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Protecting Public Safety<\/strong><br>The bill\u2019s main idea is that cities shielding criminal illegal immigrants endanger American citizens and should face consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwards and Tillis explained, \u201cSanctuary cities jeopardize public safety by refusing to comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests or to provide information about illegal immigrants who are in custody and possess criminal records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Consequences for Sanctuary Cities<\/strong><br>They further warned, \u201cThese sanctuary jurisdictions have permitted the release of dangerous illegal immigrants into communities, thereby compromising public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The act seeks to pressure these cities to cooperate with ICE and prioritize the safety of their residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislators Target Sanctuary CitiesShortly after President Donald Trump took office, North Carolina lawmakers Chuck Edwards and Thom Tillis reintroduced the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act. This bill aims to hold sanctuary cities accountable by allowing victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants to sue those cities for protecting offenders from immigration enforcement. Part&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1920,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/1920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}